Fulham V Hamburg: Danny Murphy to Score Anytime (90 Mins + IT) @ 6.00 SkyBet
Thursday, 29th April – 20:05 (ITV4)
UEFA Europa League
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The goalless draw in Hamburg, Germany, has surely left Fulham as the favourites to make the final which just so happens to be in Hamburg’s own back yard. However, a player who has been instrumental in getting the Cottagers this far is 19-goal frontman Bobby Zamora, and the England hopeful is a major doubt for this second leg clash and is looking ever more likely to miss the game altogether.
Without Zamora‘s on pitch presence and goal threat, Fulham won’t be the same side and questions will now be raised about just who will pop up with the goals needed to carry the club through to their first major European final.
Damien Duff (5.00 Ladbrokes), the pacey winger on Fulham’s right flank, loves to cut inside and have a pop at goal, so the ROI international might fit the bill, although long distance efforts is perhaps his best route to goal. Zolton Gera (3.75 SkyBet) and Clint Dempsey (3.25 PaddyPower) do like to drift into those scoring positions from midfield and will be dangerous when Fulham do attack, while a surprise scorer could be Brede Hangeland (13.00 WilliamHill), a player with added height and a real danger from the air. However, very few are contemplating that the captain himself could very well lead by example this evening at 33 years-of-age. Danny Murphy is the veteran of the Fulham squad and he’s arguably the only player in the Fulham squad with this sort of high-pressure situation experience as he spent en enjoyable 9 years with Liverpool, a team Fulham could yet meet in the final itself. Murphy will take Fulham’s spot-kicks should they get one, while he could quite easily produce a piece of magic from a free-kick. The Fulham skipper isn’t just about set-plays though, far from it, as he can hit a pretty decent distance shot when he catches it right.
Without Bobby Zamora everyone will be examining Fulham’s scoring credentials, and it’s fair to say their credentials have taken a big hit with his expected absence. However, it leaves the door open for someone else to shine, to be the next Fulham hero, and we see no-one fitter for the job than Danny Murphy, who has never gone hiding in the big games and will thrive off this magical European night at Craven Cottage.
Danny Murphy First Goalscorer – 15.00 SkyBet
